A Book A Day - A Literary Podcast from India

In this episode, I narrate one of my short stories. It's called Hills Like White Elephants, and it was first published in Ernest Hemingway's 1927 short story collection Men Without Women. About A Book A Day podcast: This podcast is hosted by author Deepak Rana, coming to you from the serene heights of the Himalayas. Every episode brings you powerful ideas, timeless wisdom, and life-changing storie...

Continuing our discussion on the book Art as Therapy, I discuss the chapter on love. It talks about how art can help us become better lovers. About A Book A Day podcast: This podcast is hosted by author Deepak Rana, coming to you from the serene heights of the Himalayas. Every episode brings you powerful ideas, timeless wisdom, and life-changing stories—one book at a time. 📚 Whether you're seekin...

In this episode, I discuss the book Art as Therapy which talks about using art as a form of therapy for our emotional struggles. About A Book A Day podcast: This podcast is hosted by author Deepak Rana, coming to you from the serene heights of the Himalayas. Every episode brings you powerful ideas, timeless wisdom, and life-changing stories—one book at a time. 📚 Whether you're seeking healing, in...

Today, I pick a short book called Walking Meditation: Easy Steps to Mindfulness. It is written by Nguyen Anh-Huong and Thich Nhat Hanh. With the help of this book and exercises prescribed in it, I share a guided walking meditation with you. Listen to this episode and practice a slow walk while you listen. About A Book A Day podcast: This podcast is hosted by author Deepak Rana, coming to you from...

In this episode, I narrate a brilliant short story called Jackals and Arabs. It was written by Franz Kafka over a hundred years ago. About A Book A Day podcast: This podcast is hosted by author Deepak Rana , coming to you from the serene heights of the Himalayas. Every episode brings you powerful ideas, timeless wisdom, and life-changing stories—one book at a time. 📚 Whether you're seeking healin...

From Salman Rushdie's book titled Languages of Truth, I pick one essay and share it with you. Is novel autobiographical? Does the author merely reproduce his experiences in a novel? Or is there something more to it. Salman Rushdie answers these questions in this essay. About A Book A Day podcast: This podcast is hosted by author Deepak Rana, coming to you from the serene heights of the Himalayas....

Continuing our discussion on K Hari Kumar's book Naaga: Discovering the Extraordinary World of Serpent Worship, I narrate some of the folktales from different parts of India that examplify the age-old between humans and serpents in this culture. About A Book A Day podcast: This podcast is hosted by author Deepak Rana, coming to you from the serene heights of the Himalayas. Every episode brings you...

In this episode, I take you to the mystical world of serpents with the help of a recently published book, Naaga: Discovering the Extraordinary World of Serpent Worship. About A Book A Day podcast: This podcast is hosted by author Deepak Rana, coming to you from the serene heights of the Himalayas. Every episode brings you powerful ideas, timeless wisdom, and life-changing stories—one book at a tim...

In this episode, I discuss a couple of chapters from Rakhshanda Jalil's book Love in the Time of Hate. Rakhshanda Jalil is one of India’s most respected literary voices—an accomplished writer, critic, and translator with a deep love for Urdu literature. Her work bridges cultures, languages, and histories, making the richness of Urdu poetry and prose accessible to modern readers. Thank you for list...

In this episode, I narrate some of the passages from Thich Nhat Hanh's book Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm. Thich Nhat teaches how the practice of mindfulness can help us overcome some of our deepest fears. Thank you for listening. Please don't forget to like and follow. Join us on Kalampedia to support.

In this episode, I pick Erich Fromm's masterpiece on the subject of love: The Art of Loving. First published in 1956, this book is not a self-help manual on how to find love. It’s something far more radical. Fromm, a psychoanalyst and humanist philosopher, makes us see love as a form of art which we practise instead of seeing as an object which we consume. Thank you for tuning in. Please like and...

Kahlil Gibran's writings are well known for their lyrical genius and blending an element of mysticism into philosophy. In this episode, I narrate two beautiful prose poems, taken from one of his early collections called The Secrets of the Heart. Thank you for listening. Kindly visit Kalampedia to keep supporting.

In his book Zen and the Art of Happiness, author Chris Prentiss some simple but profound Zen ideas that can help us find happiness in everyday life. Let's find out more about it. Thank you for listening. Please like and follow the podcast. If you would like to support, you can visit us on Kalampedia .

While reading Kakuzo Okakura's The Book of Tea, one learns how the philosophy of Chinese Taoism permeated through aesthetics into the tea-ceremonies and how that gave rise to the practice of Zen. It's quite an experience to understand these old philosophical schools, their origins and practice. Let's do that with the help of Okakura's book. Thank you for listening. Please don't forget to like and...

Once again, I am continuing my reading on tea. The Book of Tea is a classic on the subject, written by Kakuzo Okakura. In this episode, I discuss the history of tea in China and Japan, particularly focusing on another classic called Cha Jing (The Classic of Tea) by Lu Yu. Thank you for listening. Hope you are enjoying these book reading sessions. Please like and follow to be a part of this podcast...

In this episode, I, while sipping a cup of tea, read out a chapter of Kakuzo Okakura's masterpiece The Book of Tea. In this chapter, Kakuzo describes the philosophy of Teaism through the lens of Eastern culture and how it has reached the West. Thank you for taking time to listen. Please like and follow this podcast. For any queries or feedback, please contact us on Kalampedia .

In this episode I pick Mani Rao's poetry collection called So That You Know and read out some of my favourite poems from the book. Thank you so much for listening. Don't forget to like and follow. If you'd like to support, please visit Kalampedia .

How to listen? Thich Nhat Hanh, the great Zen master, has a few suggestions for us. I discuss some of his ideas, as shared in his short book How to Listen. I hope this will be of great value in all your future conversations. Thank you for... wait for it... listening! Yes, thank you so much for being a good listener, I truly feel grateful. Keep supporting the podcast as well the Kalampedia portal.

9 Pebbles, 9 Ripples is a collection of nine short stories, written by Dr Sweety Shinde. What is unique about this book is that each story captures a unique rasa (emotion/mood) as described in the classical Sanskrit literature. In this episode I narrate a short story from the collection which will take you back to the Covid times in 2020. Thank you for listening. Please like and subscribe for expl...

In this episode, I discuss some of the bibliotherapy ways which can help you experience reading and writing with the most therapeutic benefits. Once again, I am taking help from Bijal Shah's book Bibliotherapy: The Healing Power of Reading. Thank you very much for listening. Keep liking and following the podcast. If you would like to support more, kindly visit Kalampedia .

Today I am going to discuss a subject that has been really close to my heart: bibliotherapy. With the help of Bijal Shah's book Bibliotherapy: The Healing Power of Reading, I am going to explore this idea further and explain how reading books can offer a form of therapy. Thank you for tuning in and listening to the podcast. Don't forget to like and subscribe. You can also support us on Kalampedia...

In the concluding episode of our discussion on the book The Consolations of Philosophy, we discuss Friedrich Nietzsche's ideas on how to deal with difficulties in our life. Thank you for listening. Please subscribe to the podcast and join us on Kalampedia to show your support.

Arthur Schopenhauer was a 19th-century German philosopher whose idea of will-to-life still helps us understand ourselves. In this episode we discuss his philosophical consolations on the matters of romantic love, as described by Alain de Botton in his book The Consolations of Philosophy. Thank you for listening. If you enjoy the world of literature and ideas, subscribe to the podcast. You can also...

Michel de Montaigne was a French philosopher famous for his Essays. In this episode I discuss some if his ideas, as described in Alain de Botton's book The Consolations of Philosophy, which can help us navigate through our feeling of inadequacy. By the way, just like that we completed 400 episodes. Truly grateful for each one of you who made it possible. Thank you for listening. Please like and fo...

We are discussing Alain de Botton's wonderful book The Consolations of Philosophy this week. In today's episode I discuss the consolations on frustrations, based on Seneca's stoic philosophical school of thought. Thank you for listening. Please like and subscribe. You can visit Kalampedia to show us more support.